Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
crUrERrUs HANGED.
covcv0or leo Refuses 90 hnsorhofe
WAN the Sentence,

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. l4.-Eyerything
ia In readiness al the jAil for the hanging
~ fllpverius. There IL no hope now OF
the governors interfering. len thousn nno
people are around the jail and aoous AoV
inaide. There may be still further Decay
In the execution, ~ cloihier came 10 the
iail AZ II. 15 O'Clock with a black SUIT o.
clothes and is now trying u on
does mot lit, another suit will be brough,,
which of course will take more time Az
"a 80 n. M. MIR. Beverly Crump returned
10 the iaiI from HIS last visit to the gov
ernor and announced that the governor
refuses to interfere.
All az O'Clock Cluyerius WAS hanged.
He died without any c0ntessioh NY
speaking through DIR. Thatcher, nus Ih,.-
| lister, said that In this monent OF dea'n,
nearing the grave. be had no feeling Q. II,
| will towards any man on earth. ne uleu
by strangulation.
HISTORY or oLUvERIus' CRIME
On the morning OF the lith Of March,
| 1885. Mr., L, Rose, the keeper OF the old
CITY reservoir in the western part OF the
oity in making his usual rcnnd of inspec.
ton, discovered the body OF woman u
about 90 years Of age and quite. good
looking. The coroner after reviewing
the remains pronounced it case OF sui
eide and had the body removed TO the
morgue at the city almshouse for iden'ln-
cation. -,
Mr.. Peter ]. Burton, reporter of the
Richmond Dispatch, subsequently went
TO the reservoir and then to the morgne
and HE investigation resulted in tho
formulation Of o murder theory upon q
claim of circumstantial evidence when
drove conviction TO many minds. A fur
ther examination Of the body disclosed
the fact that the unfortunate woman waS
far advanced in pregnancy.
II During two days many people saw th'
body and ii was finally recognized by two
; Young ladies (the Misses Dunstan) as
| friend Of theirs, Miss Fannie Lillian
Madison of King and Queen county, bu
| who had for some time past been teaching
school in Bath county. The coroner
inquest resulted in verdict of probabl
! murder. Detectives and police were sc
to work and in o short time brought I
! light circumstances that added streDgt
to the murder theory. A woma
who had registered at tn
Am rican Hotel ON the 18th Of Marc
3 under the name of Miss +. i. Merton
:, was missing from the hotel, and her di
appearance and the finding of the bod
y about the same time furnished the fat
clue, but for which the murderer migl
e never have been known. While the "
. called " Miss Merton was at the hot
l. she wrote and received several notes
ID but one directed by her was never deli
y cred and after her departure from Il
Is hotel it was torn TO pieces by the clei
h and cast into the waste.basket. ~
?, scraps of this note and the envelope we
g subsequently brought to light and VIII,
4 pasted together il served as one of d
W principal links in the chain which co
70 yicted the murderer, il being address
10 ST. j. Cluyerius." Further inqui
ia developed the fact that the meu wat
" young lawyer Of King and Queen coun
70 and cousin of the deceased.
I'd Oluverius, who was known to have be
"a in Richmond on the 18th of March, "
al arrested and broughtt to this city. Ills tr
~ began at the May term of the court n
~ continued for % daya
ID 4 Jury was finally ompanolod vi
lie seven Richmundefs and five Alexandria
u composing it. Nearly 300 witnesses We
examined and whcn the able counsel
both sides had concluded the jury, aft
\, but few moments consideration re
~ dered verdict of murder in the fl
i, degree.
40 The prisoner throughout the trial v
a cool and undannted. His counsel ask
"a for new trial which was refused, a
i, Cluverius was sentenced to be hanged
AZ the Goth of November. 1885.
NO An appeal was then taken to
hss supreme court Of the state which, ht
II ever, availed the prisoner nothing bu
as stay of execution for over year, as
i court, with but one dissenting vol
wv affirmed the Judgment of the lower COZ
He was then resenteneed TO be hanged
December 10th, 1856.
US The last resort, the chief executi
=, was finally applied TO for pardon or &C
mutation of sentence to life impris
y, ment, but the governor could tind
sss reason for interfering with the mand
la of the court. He, however, respited
nu condemned man until to-day.